So gay for you book

Her anecdotes are humorous, heartfelt, and supremely captivating, recounted with the passion of a true survivor and the acerbic wit of a weathered, street-wise New Yorker. Retrieve credentials. So Gay for You is more than a memoir; it’s a comprehensive almanac of Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey.

She shares stories of growing up in an abusive household in Albany in the s, a teenage pregnancy, and prison time for robbery as nonchalantly as she recalls selling rhinestone G-strings to prostitutes to make them sparkle in the headlights of passing cars.

Harris aims to set the record straight on issues that have remained hotly debated. Encounters with a variety of hardworking dancers, drag queens, and pimps, plus an account of the complexities of a first love with a drug-addled hustler, fill out the memoir with personality and candor.

Pub Date: Sept. Hailey and Moennig showcase the intimate details of their lives and careers in a dual memoir that begins with auditions in the early aughts for a proposed Showtime pilot hoping to ride on the success micheltries gay Queer As Folk about a group of modern, sexually active Los Angeles lesbians called Earthlings.

Hailey was cast as Alice, a bisexual journalist, while Moennig portrayed edgy bed-hopping lesbian Shane, each to rousing success. Already have an account? Review Posted Online: Sept. Frank and unapologetic, Johnson vividly captures aspects of her former life as a stage seductress shimmying to blues tracks during minute sets or sewing lingerie for plus-sized dancers.

So Gay for You is a love letter to a life-defining friendship over the decades, and following Kate and Leisha's unlikely and extremely entertaining journey stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists to successful actresses, podcasters, and business owners.

A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. Must-read queer lit and a. Trouble signing in? Page Count: Publisher: St. Likes New York Times Bestseller. More by Kamala Harris.

All Rights Reserved. Sign Up. The story of a lesbian melodrama and the two powerhouse actors behind its success. Log in. Share your opinion of this book. A resonant and uplifting dual portrait of queer entertainment media in action.

So Gay for You

He was always focused, always commander in chief in that room. Though her work was far from the Broadway shows she dreamed about, it eventually became all about the nightly hustle to simply survive. A determined if self-regarding portrait of a candidate striving to define herself and her campaign on her own terms.

On Sale Now An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig, stars of The L Word —including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives.

Full of never-before-shared glimpses into the making of The L Word, Kate and Leisha's real-life loves and losses, and their experiences as queer icons, So Gay for You is a heartfelt, inspiring love letter to a ride or die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family.